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METICULOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marked by extreme care in treatment of details
Example:
almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities
Classified under:
Similar:
fastidious (giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness)
Derivation:
meticulosity; meticulousness (strict attention to minute details)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Marked by precise accordance with details
Example:
punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette
Synonyms:
meticulous; punctilious
Classified under:
Similar:
precise (sharply exact or accurate or delimited)
Derivation:
meticulosity; meticulousness (strict attention to minute details)
